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Ceonaetium, Fries. 

 Spores contained iu a peridium, bursting by st regular or 

 irregular apical orifice. Perfect spores produced in a columnar, 

 cellular body called tlie ligule rising out o£ the centre. The most 

 perfect form of structure in the family. 



C. asclepiadeum, Fr., Darling Downs (H. Law.), on Jacksonia 

 scoparia. 



Sub-order lY . — Hyphomtcetes. 



Filamentous or floccose fungi. Filaments naked, simple or 

 branched, free or united below so as to form a distinct stem with 

 free branches. Spores terminating the filaments. 



Tribe Stilbacei. 



Eeceptacle globose ; spores minute, involved in gluten, stem 

 compound. 



Stilbum, Tode. 

 Stalk solid, heads deciduous, gelatinous, spores minute. 



S. aurantiaceum,'BevV. ,onLaportia gigas,'¥inoggeY2i^cvvih^{^^2Ji[ej) 

 S. cinnabarinum, Mont., on bark, Trinity Bay (Bailey). 



FusAKiUM, Link. 



A form of mould which spreads beneath the cuticle of the plants 



upon which they grow in gelatinous spots. One species is most 



destructive to the Mulberry, another affects the Rye in some 



seasons in England, these have as yet not been found in Australia. 



F. rulicolor, B. et Br., a species found on the Eucalypt leaves 

 its presence is at once detected by the blotches of red which 

 it forms, Brisbane Eiver (Bailey) n. §. 



Illospoeium, Montf. 

 Eeceptacle obscure ; spores irregular, falling away like meal, 

 I. -flavellum, B. et. Br., a yellow species often seen on Lichens, 

 Brisbane Eiver (Bailey) n. s. 



